tract
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[edit] Etymology 1
From tractus, the perfect passive participle of Latin trahō.
[edit] Noun
tract (plural tracts)
- An area or expanse of land.
- A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract.
- A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
- A brief treatise or discourse on a subject of interest.
- A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
- Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. XIV, Henry of Essex
- Nay, in another case of litigation, the unjust Standard bearer, for his own profit, asserting that the cause belonged not to St. Edmund’s Court, but to his in Lailand Hundred, involved us in travellings and innumerable expenses, vexing the servants of St. Edmund for a long tract of time […]
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. XIV, Henry of Essex
[edit] Related terms
- tractate noun
[edit] Translations
an area
a series of connected body organs
a brief treatise
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[edit] Etymology 2
From tractus, the participle stem of Latin trahere.
[edit] Verb
tract (third-person singular simple present tracts, present participle tracting, simple past and past participle tracted)
